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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"A nice drive with a huge capacity"
Pros: size is right, pretty cool (in style and temperature), made by a good company
Cons: it's plastic, could have had a fan, could be smaller, can't get back-up button to work
Summary: This is a great hard drive by a wonderful company that provides amazing customer service when needed. This unit is capable of fitting close to 1TB (little bit less, about 160GB cause it is formatted), in an enclosure that isn't so big.
The upsides of this unit are the capacity, price is not so bad, the enclosure looks nice, it is a quiet hard drive, that does not seem to overheat a whole lot.
There are some downsides to the unit, which is why I gave it four stars. These include that it is a plastic enclosure over aluminum or some material that might keep the drive a bit cooler, there is no fan built in even though there is space for one, and I have not been able to get the back-up button to work. Hitachi could have also added firewire or e-SATA to the drive, but it is ok cause Vist doesn;t seem to like firewire anyways.
The downsides are minimal, as the drive really stays somewhat cool, and the capacity, price, and brand name make it worth buying. It must also be kept in mind that since it is a 1TB hard drive, it may be a bit slow at saving or looking up data, but the speed is actually pretty good."
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